Q: I am a 78-year-old recent widow. I got my own Social Security number when I was about 20. But since my husband and I started getting Social Security benefits about 15 years ago, the correspondence ...

Many of us give out our cellphone number every time we go into a store or restaurant, to get a receipt texted to us or a ...

Under a new bill that just passed, Americans will be able to get a new Social Security number if they’re under age 14 and had their card stolen. The law was introduced in September and passed the ...

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'Americans may be susceptible to widespread identity theft, may lose vital healthcare and food benefits,' and may need new Social Security numbers, according to the complaint The private data of every ...

Your Social Security number - think about it - nine digits that are hard to remember and easy to steal. Our Planet Money podcast wondered why we chose this particularly bad form of national ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — People’s personal information, including their social security numbers, were displayed on the Daytona Beach City website, and it’s not clear how long it was up. The city created ...